Author: Swetlana Boym

Cited by

• Stephanie Bishop (1)
  • IN: The Other Side of the World (2015) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Australian
    EPIGRAPH: Nostalgia ( from nostos -- return home, and algia -- longing) is a longing for a home that no longer exists or has never existed. Nostalgia is a sentiment of loss and displacement, but it is also a romance with one's own fantasy. Nostalgic love can only survive in a long-distance relationship. A cinematic image of nostalgia is a double exposure, or a superimposition of two images -- of home, and abroad, past and present, dream and everyday life. The moment we try to force it into a single image, it breaks the frame or burns the surface.
    FROM: The Future of Nostalgia, (2001), Book, Russia/US